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The Darkest Hearts

Trap music, human trafficking, malt liquor, and the tyranny of President Trump collide in the fifth installment of Nelson George’s D Hunter mystery series.

Even in Paradise

A modern-day King Lear, a novel of greed, resentment, jealousy, betrayal, and romance set in Trinidad, Jamaica, and Barbados.

The Book of Harlan

During World War II, two African American musicians are captured by the Nazis in Paris and imprisoned at the Buchenwald concentration camp.

Upcoming Events

Bobby Sullivan — Cactus Music, Houston, TX

8/24/19, 3:00pm

Bobby Sullivan presents Revolutionary Threads at Cactus Music with David Ensminger. This event is FREE, all ages, with refreshments provided by St. Arnolds.

Jaime Manrique — AJC Decatur Book Festival, Decatur, GA

8/31/19, 12:30pm

Jaime Manrique presents Like This Afternoon Forever at the AJC Decatur Book Festival with novelist Thrity Umrigar.

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The Family Mansion

An illuminating and unflinching novel exploring England’s 19th-century colonization of Jamaica.

Bedrock Faith

A deeply engaging debut novel about a morality clash in an insular Chicago neighborhood.

eel on reef

A truly exciting American debut from a Nigerian writer on Chris Abani’s new poetry imprint, Black Goat, with an introduction by Kwame Dawes.

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Upcoming Events

Bobby Sullivan — Cactus Music, Houston, TX

8/24/19, 3:00pm

Bobby Sullivan presents Revolutionary Threads at Cactus Music with David Ensminger. This event is FREE, all ages, with refreshments provided by St. Arnolds.